<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>KKR ownership changes · Brandtree</title><link>https://brandtree.org/company/kkr</link><atom:link href="https://brandtree.org/company/kkr/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>Acquisitions, divestitures and ownership changes involving KKR.</description><item><title>Divestiture: KKR — Wella Professionals and Nioxin</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/coty-acquires-wella-kkr-2021</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/coty-acquires-wella-kkr-2021</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Coty sold a controlling sixty per cent stake in its professional beauty and retail hair business to KKR, valuing it at about $4.3 billion. The carve-out created Wella Company as a standalone business, which is why salon brands and Coty fragrances now sit under different owners.</description></item><item><title>Divestiture: KKR — Flora, Becel, Country Crock, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!, Rama, Blue Band and ProActiv</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/kkr-acquires-unilever-spreads-2018</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/kkr-acquires-unilever-spreads-2018</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Unilever sold its spreads business to KKR, which established it as a standalone company named Upfield. Unilever had been trying to exit margarine for years as consumption declined, and the sale followed its rejection of a takeover approach from Kraft Heinz that had prompted a strategic review.</description></item></channel></rss>